Cooling system for open furnace fronts



E. I. RUSSELL. v COOLING SYSTEM FOR OPEN FURNACE FRONTS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV- 13, I920.

Patented Mill. 28, 1922.

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EDWARD J. RUSSELL, or ooA'rnsviLLniENNSYLVANIA;

COOLING SYSTEM FOR orim'runnnon FRONTYS,

Application filed November 13, 1920. Serial No. 423,932.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD J. RUSSELL,

, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coatesville, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cooling Sys tems for Open Furnace Fronts, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention. relates to cooling systems for. furnaces and is especially adapted for application upon open hearth furnaces for the purpose of protecting the skewback and to provide cooling means -whereby underpinning or other hot repair work may be rendered more comfortable for the workman.

Anotherobject is the provision of a cool- 'ing system which ,may. be readily installed in an open hearth furnace of the usual'type,

withoutaltering the construction of the furand has one end in communication with the;

nace. r V 1 -A further object'is the provision of a cooling system which is simple "of construction and effective in operation, which may be installed at a nominal cost.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention further includes thefollow ing novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated. in the accompanying drawings and pointed'out in the appended claims. In the drawings Figure 1 is a rear elevation of anopen hearth furnace on the line 11 of Figure 2 with portions of the brick work broken away to show the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same taken at right angles to Figure 1 on the line 22.

Figure 3 is a similar view on the line 33 of Figure l.

Figure. 4 is a detail perspective view of the tank and its hangers removed from the furnace.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal horizontal sectional view of the tank. 7

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character-l0 indicates the door of an open hearth furnace, above which is arranged the usual skewback 11 which is supported in the ordinary manner by channel bars 12 and 12, the furnace arch being shown at 13.

The invention includes a tank 14: which is primarily supported in position by hangers 15 and 16, the said hangers having. one end connected to the tank and their opposite ends formed into hooks 17 which engage over the channel bar 12., If desired, additional supports may be provided in the form of brackets 18 having one arm secured to the furnace and the other arm beneath the tank 14. v

This tank which is preferably of'cellular construction is adapted to receive a supply of water through a feed pipe 19, one end of which communicates with the interior of the disposed 7 Specification of Letters Patent; Pat ente d luau; 28, 1922. i

tank, while its opposite end may'communicate with a suitable source of water supply, such as the usual service .70 pipe, or by gravity and the usual water tank be installed over the furnace.

The hanger 16 is of hollow construction interior of the tanktla, while its opposite end may be connected to a discharge pipe 20 which serves as a disposal for the waste water.

From the foregoing description and the accompanyingdrawings it will be apparent thatthe invention provides a water cooling system which is built in with the arched brick work and prevents the superposed brick work from burning and crumbling away. It will protect the skewback and I fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention .what is claimed is l. The combination with a furnace, of a tank disposed above the door thereof, hangers having one end secured .to the tank and their opposite ends hooked from the skewback support for primarily supporting thetank in position, one of said hangers being hollow to define and outlet conduit and m eens wherebyiwater may be supplied of} s aid' tank and; engaging,saidgsnpport, to the tanks. means for supplying Water to saidtank 21nd, 2. In combination with a furnace and sup- :1 vertical discharge pipe connected to said'lO port therefor, ofianwelongated cellulartank hollow hanger; V r 5 a solid hanger extending from one end of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. said tank and engagin -seid-s1ipport,a-hol-' low henger extendinggrom the opposite end EDWARD J. RUSSELL. 

